A pool company is installing a parallelogram-shaped swimming pool in a family’s back yard. Compose a rectangle to find the amount of area that the pool will take up in the yard. What is the area of the pool? Base is 12ft bright is 7ft
Area of a parallelogram = base x height
Since a parallelogram can be broken down into two triangles, we can find the area by calculating the area of one of the triangles.
Base of the parallelogram = 12 ft
Height of the parallelogram = 7 ft
Area of one triangle = 0.5 x base x height
Area of one triangle = 0.5 x 12 ft x 7 ft
Area of one triangle = 42 sq ft
Since there are two triangles in a parallelogram, the total area of the pool would be:
Total area of the pool = 2 x Area of one triangle
Total area of the pool = 2 x 42 sq ft
Total area of the pool = 84 sq ft
Therefore, the area of the pool would be 84 square feet.